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<blockquote data-quote="MikeS" data-source="post: 211313" data-attributes="member: 7870">I installed Ubuntu on a Core i3 laptop a little while ago (last time I experimented with Linux for a few months was around 15 years ago). Aside from needing some Google help and some commands added to a file to get the wifi up and running the installation went smoothly.Then I was looking at a GUI that didn't look all that different from Windows or a Mac, just with things in different locations. My admittedly brief tests (it wasn't a laptop I was intending to start using again) showed web browsers (Firefox and Chromium) that were a bit more sluggish than my Windows browsers (Vivaldi and Chrome) and a fairly handy set of utilities and media applications I would need at various times, but nothing that seemed better or faster than whatever I'm using on my Core i5 Windows 10 laptop.And then there are the few but critical things I'm using on Windows that as far as I know have no direct Linux alternative (only simpler, inferior applications) - Clip Studio Paint with a Wacom tablet.Privacy concerns aside (it's not a major one for me, I've decided that Google and Android in particular are just too useful for me to give up or cripple) I rather like Windows 10. No issues at all with it so far and it's very fast (faster CPU and particularly an SSD disk obviously helps, and I certainly won't rule out that it might get as bogged down over time as previous Windows versions).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MikeS, post: 211313, member: 7870"] I installed Ubuntu on a Core i3 laptop a little while ago (last time I experimented with Linux for a few months was around 15 years ago). Aside from needing some Google help and some commands added to a file to get the wifi up and running the installation went smoothly. Then I was looking at a GUI that didn't look all that different from Windows or a Mac, just with things in different locations. My admittedly brief tests (it wasn't a laptop I was intending to start using again) showed web browsers (Firefox and Chromium) that were a bit more sluggish than my Windows browsers (Vivaldi and Chrome) and a fairly handy set of utilities and media applications I would need at various times, but nothing that seemed better or faster than whatever I'm using on my Core i5 Windows 10 laptop. And then there are the few but critical things I'm using on Windows that as far as I know have no direct Linux alternative (only simpler, inferior applications) - Clip Studio Paint with a Wacom tablet. Privacy concerns aside (it's not a major one for me, I've decided that Google and Android in particular are just too useful for me to give up or cripple) I rather like Windows 10. No issues at all with it so far and it's very fast (faster CPU and particularly an SSD disk obviously helps, and I certainly won't rule out that it might get as bogged down over time as previous Windows versions). [/QUOTE]

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